' MUCH RED TAPEl
In Making Awards of Scholar- 1
ships In Colleges,
A CHANGE SUGGESTED
Wlnthrop Makes a Great Record.
, There Were Thirteen Hundred
and Twenty-four Scholarships. ,
Fifty Thousand Dollars Paid for '
Scholarships in the Schools.
That the entire method of allotting
beneficiary scholarships in ihd
several State colleges is wrong, is
the view of the State superinie 1Cent
of education, Mr. J. E. SweorIngen.
The cost is several hundred
dollars annually, the exact amount
being unknown because the county
boards of education are paid out
of their respective county funds and
not out of the State treasury.
Mr. Swearingen says that all of
the examinations should be held the
same day and that the papers should
be examined for award by the faculties
of the respectlv institutions.
This is the 1RW with reference to
the scholarships at the University
With refereuce to Clemsor
the county boards of education
are the arbltors, even after
the papers have been graded by the
Cleinson faculty. This means possibly
an additional meeting of the
county board, for which each member
gets $3 per day. There are two
appointive members of the board in
each county and this would aggregate
$356 for the boards to meet
to ratify what the faculty had already
decided de facto.
The scholarship appropriation of
the State are as follows: Ciemson
$16,600, Winthrop $12,400, university
$4,200, Citadel $17,000. Total
$59,200.
For the vacant scholarships at
Winthrop this year there were 1,300
applicants. It has been an immense
undertaking to grade the papers.
Every applicant must make an average
of 60 points on each branch
of study. Somo have excellent
standing In some studies and fall
in others. Furthermore the county
boards of education must ascertain
if the applicant comes within the
restrictions of law as to property
qualifications. The legislature intends
that these scholarships shall
be given to worthy and needy girls.
rfhe Wini'nrop faculty is now grading
the papers, some 6,000 of them,
and the report will be In the hands
of the State board of education early
in September.
Th? -i~ .
. iic rvn/iiUllflHIrtl4UHM 11*0111 IDC
South Carolina university faculty are
already completed.
Daily the State superintendent Is
IPeHling reports fqom Uhe county
fupeiVntendfents wjth reference to
the Clemson scholarships, but the
entire list Is far from being complete.
Mr. Swearingen would like
for the county superintendents to report
at once as he can not require
this Information from the Clemson
faculty or trustees.
The county boards are required
to give preference to those applicants
for Clemson scholarships who state
that they wish to take the agricultural
or textile courses, and the
^pirit of the law is to encourage the
study of agriculture, but the law
does not make this mandatory lu
giving the scholarships.
The board of visitors of the Citadel
met on the 2i?th of July and
grunted permits for 82 young men to
stand the examination for Citadei
scholarships. These examinations
will be held on the 13th of August,
making an additional expense
upon the counties of $3 per day for
each examiner. Mr. Swearingen has
found what he considers another injustice?a
youth will be successful
tn standing an examination foi
Clemson and will then la August
try for the Citadel vacancy.
And yet one other condition which
Mr. Swearingen seeks to correct 1b
the Inequality in the amounts appropriated.
He thinks that Wlnthrop
and the university should he
on the same plane as Clemson.
Wlnthrop has 124 scholarships at
$100 each; Clemson 166 at $100
each; the Citadel 68 at $250 each
and the university 42 at $100 each.
There is frequently a vacancy
from a county. In such a case Mr.
Swearingen suggests that there
Rhould be authority given to the
faculty of each institution to a low
some worthy, deserving and needy
young man from another county to
become the beneficiary?for the year
year at least. Such an nrraugement
could be designed "scholarships at
large."
In brief Mr. Swearingen suggests
that the matter of schnii?rnai~? ,J
U.iijio luuin
be resolved into a much more simple
arrangement. All applicants for
all scholarships should appear at
the respective court houses on the
sam* day. The county hoards of
education could see that the restrictions
as to property qualifications
were met. The questions could he
answered and forwarded to the re- 1
spective faculties who would grade
them. These papers would of course 1
be signed by number and no one 1
would know the number until the
conclusion of the examination of the
papers by the faculty. The State
board could then declare the result <
upon the statement of the county j
boards and the recommendations of c
the respective faculties. c
a
Shoot Foreigners to Death. p
News from Bristol, Tenn.. says d
a shooting affray at Dant, Russell K
county, Va., a few nights ago, caus- a
ed two foreigners to be killed. f<
NARROW ESCAPE I
l'OUTHS LEARN SOMETHING I
ABOUT GASOLINE FIRE.
rhey Had a Hot Time for a While
and Will Not Forgot Their Experience
Soon.
A dispatch from Georgetown to
rhe News and Courier says a pleasure
trip that came near ending in
a tragedy occurred on Sunday night
on the Waccamaw river, when a party
of young men, returning to
Georgetown from Pawley'a Island,
had an experience with the combustible
qualities of gasoline, which
none of them will ever forget. They
left Hagley wharf and had come
nearly Into Wlnyah Bay, when one
of the party remembered that he had
left his suit case on the wharf, and
ithe launch was Immediately put
about to get it.
The baggage was recovered and
the boat was headed once more
homewards, but had not proceeded
far when the gasoline gave out. The
anchor was lowered and the crew
prepared to spend the night, when a
passing rowboat was discovered,
manned by negroes. The boat was
hailed, and with two of the young
men in her, proceeded back to Hagley'
wharf, where the gasoline tug
Dudley was tied up. A bucket of
gasoline was secured, and the party
started out in fine spirits. In the
meantime some of the gasoline had
spilt in the bottom of the boat,
which was partly covered with water.
A lighted lantern was in the bow.
and the gasoline on the surface was
carried beneath, when an explosion
took place, enveloping the whole row
boat and setting the two young
gentlemen and the negroes into a
panic, causing them to jump overboard.
Fortunately the tug Dudley
was not far off, and all of them
managed to get aboard her. When
the excitement had partially
worn off a fresh supply of gasoline
was gotten, the flames on the boat
were extinguished and the boat crew
undertook once more to get to the
launch, where the rest of the party
were Impatiently waiting, full of
anxiety, as they had seen the flames
of the explosion from a distance.
The party succeeded in getting to
the city without further mishap at \
o'clock in the morning. The young
men of the party were Messrs. D. K.
Montgomery. P. F. Doyle, M. M.
Thomas and others. Messrs. Mont
i gomery and M. M. Thomas wore the
lieroeB of the gasoline experience.
FIGHT IN DARK ROOM.
An Italian and His Wife Rattle to
the I>eath.
At Chicago, after locking their
two children in a bed room and fastening
all the doors of their flat,
Antonio Spizzlrri and his wife, Anna,
went into the darkened parlor
and tried to kill each other.
The woman was shot twice and
stabbed twice with a stilletto and
died before the police arrived. The
husband was shot twice also and he
were found near the sofa on which
may die. A revolver and a knife
the woman lay dead, and another
revolver was found beside the husband's
body.
The disordered room indicated a
terrible struggle. Spizzlrri turned on
his side as the police, called by
neighbors, broke into the room with
a sledge hammer. He tore a letter
into bits before the police could stop
him. This letter, when translated
from the Italian, may solve the mystery.
It is thought that Spizzlrri
was Jealous of his wife.
(X)TTON IN RAD SHAPE.
So Says The New Orleans Times
Democrat Ileport.
The New Orleann Times-Democrat
in Its summary of the cotton crop
conditions says:
"In Arkansas, Georgia, Ixjuisiana,
Mississippi and Tennessee improvement
has been the rule.
"North Carolina as a whole shows
no complete chango, hut there has
been a distinct loss in South Carolina.
In Texas and Oklahoma there
has been serious deterioration and
the situation is serious.
"There is complaint of boll weevil
in Borne districts hut the damage
can not be estimated at this
time.
"The crop Is very spotted and is
peculiarly subject to unfavorable
conditions."
Ryes (io?f?ed Out.
Further particulars concerning
the Mohammedan uprising in the
Shensi and Kansu districts, China,
state that the revolt was due to the
severe methods taken by the Chinese
local magistrates to suppress
the opium habit. Ho seized one of
the local users, who was an opium
smoker and his eyes were gouged
out and his arms taken off. The
people then rose in rebellion and
nttnrlfoH ?1 '
..... .uiaeiDuaiH in nis y&men,
killing his son. To save himself.
the magistrate jumped into a
well.
Crushed by Piano.
At Fitzgerald, Ga.t Eugene Keef r.
a wealthy man of that place, was
nstantiy killed while helping to
novo a piano from a wagon in front
>f his home Tuesday. Ho slipped
nd fell from the wagon and the
lano followed, crushing him to
eath. His wounds were lerrlble.
Reefer's wifo recently brok^e her
rm. Besides the widow, he leave* 1
>ur sons and two daughters.
|^MW
HURTS THE SOUTH
SECRETARY WILSON GIVES COT.
TON A BLACK EYE.
Much Harm Has Been Done by His
Interview in Which He Said Cot- p
ton Was NormalPresident
Haver Jor.'tn of tue ^
Southern Cotton Aassociatlon. enters
formal potest against a recent interview
with Secretary of Agriculture
James Wilson, which appeared
in the New York World, and which
that paper claimed to have just had
with .the secretary on crop prospects
for tho present year. The ex- ^
act language reDorted to have been
used by Secretary Wilson is as follows:
"The crops will be good every- (
where. There will be a superfluity of ^
work for everybody on the farms? ^
more work than tho farmers can ?
find hands to do. The corn crop
bids fair to surpass any other crop r
in the hiBtory of the country. The
cotton crop will be reasonably good,
and the balance of the crops above
the average all along the line. v
"Prosperity is not going to wait p
on the tariff or anything else. If
any disturbance of conditions arises ^
in the body politic it will have to
come from somewhere else than the
agricultural district. It is not com- .
lug from the farm." ^
"The monthly condition report was ^
due to come out on August 2.'just .
one day after the publication of the
above Interview with Secretary Wil- .
6on," said Mr. Jordan. "I realized
that the interview would be bearishly
con: trued by the entire cotton .
trade if not corrected at once, and ,
I Immediately wired Secretary Wilson
the following telegram:
"I notice an interview attributed r
to you 'n the New York World of ,
August 1, in which you state the j
following: 'The cotton crop will be
reasonably good.' Are you correctly ,
quoted? Is not an immediate denial ,
of this interview in order? Other- |
wise Incalculable injury will be done the
cotton growers of the South by j
speculative interests whjch will construe
you to forecast a normal pro- '
duction of cotton. All private re- ]
ports issued to date indicate a considerable
deterioration of the cottou .
crop condition from the last month's ,
condition report of the Bureau of |
Cotton Statistics. The Journal of ,
Commerce condition reDort. issnoH
this morning, 6hows an actual deter- j
ioration during the last month of ]
three and seven-tenths per cent, (
making present conditions 73 1-10 |
which is the lowest condition ever ,
reported by them.
"My own opinion is that the present
condition of the cotton crop is
the poorest in my recollection, and
that, any authoritative statement
from you at this time, that the cot01
crop will be reasonably good is
not only a wrong statement of actual
facts, but will be used to the great
injury of the constituency 1 represent
Ln the South.
"My apprehensions regarding the (
effect of Secretary Wilson's Btate- ,
meat regarding the cotton crop have
been fully verified in the depression ;
of the cotton maiket this week of i
$3.50 per bale, or practically $40,000,000
in the value of the "crop. ]
it is well known that the bureau re- l
port which was issued the next day
after Secretary Wilson's alleged in- i
tervlew in the World, Indicated the
lowest cotton condition for August
ever made by the Bureau of Cotton i
Statistics, and that the report of i
the bureau was emphasized by every I
private report that came in the last '
week of July. !
"The cotton trade has evidently I
placed more weight and value on the i
statement of Secretary Wilson as Indicating
a normal production of cotton
this year than it has on the ex
ireuieiy low condition reports issued
by the Bureau of Statistics last Mon- ]
day. There can be no other logical
explanation of the recent hammering
of the cotton market operators on
the cotton exchanges. It is to be
hoped that Secretary Wilson will not
longer delay remedying the very serious
mistake which he has made.
Sentiment in favor of abolishing or
making drastic changes in the Department
of Agriculture regarding
the publication of the bureau reports
has for some time been developing, .
and if the head of the department of
sensational interviews is to nullify
the effect of the bureau reports the .
sooner the work of the department
Is regulated by congress the better
for the agricultural interests of the .
whole country." .
llurned to a Crisp.
At Cincinnati. Ohio, a man half s
clothed, with his flesh burned to t
crisp in places and screaming from f
the pain as he ran through the 1
streets aroused the neighborhood d
following a tenement house fire 1
there early Monday, lie fell uncon- f
scions at the door of the City Hos- ^
pltal and died soon afterward.
e
Fireman Fatally Hurt.
At Cleveland. Ohio, Lieut. Farrell
English was fatally injured and
seven other rlty firemen were hurt w
when the roof of the Ohio Sash and ?
Door Company, Mervin street and h
Columbus road, collapsed during a 31
fire there Sunday. The loss is es- a
timated at $75,000. The orgin of "
the fire is unknown. D
m
Two fiuls Drown.
Mlsees Rebecca Womark and Ella
Freeman, both htntween fifteen
and sixteen years of age, and daughters
of prominent men of Havana, in
Fla., were drown there Tuesday af- 1'1
ternoon while in swimming in a mill in
pond, near their homes. The bodies J"
were recovered several hours later, or
GREAT BENEFIT H
lie Irragatlon Congress at Spokane
a Success.
'LEA FOR WET LAND '
eclamation Made by South Carow
Una's Relegation Recognised by
P
the Meeting as of Great Impor- n
tnuce ? Watson Makes Good n
v\
Speech and Presents Resolution*. ^
Col. August Kohn writing to The A
[ews and Courier from Spokane says r
tie South Carolina delegation, twen- c
p-four strong, has made quite an y
mpress-ion at the Irrigation Conven- j
Ion. South Carolina wants wet f
ind reclamation and that platform
5 likely to be incorporated in the ^
eneral policy of the Irrigation Con- ^
;ress. Commissioner Watson. j
tanding under the South Carolina y
ag, whooped up things in great ^
tyle for South Carolina in the best p
peech of the day. The Congress is f
ery largely attended und gives f
iromisc of results. p
At the meeting of the delegation (
"uesday tho following selections (
vere made: E. J. Watson, chairnan;
A. J. Bethea, secretary; D. F.
ioore, executive committeeman; j
lamuel G. Stoney, committee on x
esolutlons; Samuel Dibble, commit- .
ee on organization; James Cos- f
:rove, although absent, was elected ]
lonorary vice-president.
The deli gates from South Caroli- ,
la enrolled are: E. J. Watson, Co- .
unibia; A. J. Bethea, Columbia; D. (
?\ Moore, Brunson, Samuel G. Sto- ,
ley, Charleston; August Kohn, Co- |
umliia; Samuel Dililile, Orangeburg;
r. M. Raysor, Orangeburg; D. W. ,
dcLaurin, Dillon; Wm. D. Melton, .
"?olumliia; W. J. Montgomery. Mar- |
on; George H. Cornelson. Orange- ,
)urg; C. J. Shannon. Jr., Camden; (
IV. D. Deloach, Camden; Samuel
Dibble, Jr., Orangeburg; J. P. Mc- |
Vair. Aiken; A. L. Berry, Spartanburg;
J. A. l.ightsey, Crocketville; ,
Jones Williams, Bamberg; J. C.
Mglitsoy, Hampton; S. M. Clark.
Estill; L. A. Manning. Jr., Latta.
Our people at home have little
realization of the intense interest
the West is taking in irrigation and
bow freely It is spending barrels of
aioney for that purpose. South Carolina's
efforts to reclaim wet lands
is appreciated oat West. All Is well I
In the party. On the strength of
Lloi. Watson's nne address, he* was
Invited to address the National Conservation
Congress at Seattle on the
28th.
In the Congress Wednesday Commissioner
Watson presented strong
resolutions relating to Federal aid
for drainage upon the ground of
public health.. These resolutions
were signed by Watson, as chairman
of the South Carolina delegation:
Governor Gilchrist, of Florida,
and members of South Dakota, Idaho
and Indiana and Minnesota dele
Rations. Col. Watson also presented
a resolution relating to forest
preservation, which was likewlsa
strongly backed. Doth resolutions
are in the hands of the committee.
At 10:30 o'clock Wednesday
South Carolina delegates were entertained
at a banquet by the K1
Paso, Texas, delegation?an elegant
affair. President Darstow was
present and presiding with Col.
Watson on his left and the chairman
of the Texas delegation on h's
ngnr. mere wore noteworthy
toasts and response^, all ringing
with the progressive spirit of the I
South. The South Carolinians will return
Jhe compliment to the Texans
ipon arrival in Seattle. <
AUGUST KOHN. <
SHOT FROM AMBUSH. 1
I
Relieved to Be Victim of Neighbor- '
hood Feud. I
A telegram received at Baxley. (
la., tells of the ambushing and ,
tilling of W. A. Belcher, a well |
cnown and well to do young plaiuer (
whose home is 20 miles from that
>laee. Hack of the killing is a
itory of feud and it is believed that
le is a victim of bad feeling that
t is asserted has existed between '
lim and others in his neighborhood.
It was stated that the young man
vas given no chance for His life, a
nillet from a clump of trees and un- t
lerbrush ending his life almost in- (
itantly near his home early I
Vednesday morning. Belcher was
ormerly a resident of Screven coun- \
y. r
Later it was learned that the t
hots were fired by B. S. Taylor and l
hat Belcher's little girl was with i
dm in a buggy. Two shots struck i
lelcher, and one the horse he was c
Iriving, but the little girl escaped
inhurt. It is alleged that Taylor d
ollowed his victim for five miles 1
lefore he opened fire. It is stated d
hat the slayer has not been arrest- li
d. k
Fooling With I'lstol. v
Rascomb Hanna, a respectable a
rhite man. about 20 years of age, *'
f Prospect neighborhood. Williams- v
urg county. Tuesday killed himplf
accidentally. He was handling
pistol carelessly, when it went off.
le bullet entering near or into the n
eart and death resulted In thirty n
linutes. f,
S
Leaps Into Well. vv
Tuesday morning about daybreak w
her home, two-miles from Hull, cl
i Madison county, Ga., Mrs. J. C. R
hillips took her life by first slash- M
g her wrist with a razor and then in
mping head-foremost into a well D
i the lot. ki
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DESTROYS WEEVILS
BLACK ANT FOUND THAT EATS
UP THE PESTS ALIVE.
he Discovery Was Made by ? Government
Agent, Who Thinks It
Will Solve the Problem.
Ants, the Ifttlo black species
hich frequently infest kitchens and
antries, may be experimented with
ear Duranc, Okia., by the governlent
next year to exterminate boll
-eevils. Tlie discovery was recenti
made by Special Agent S. W.
lurphy of the department of agIctilture,
who tfs located In that
ity, that the ants will devour the
oung weevil and the larvae before
hoy hatch, and that they are very
ond of the weevil as food.
The discovery was made entirely
y accident in the following manner:
Ir. Murphy had visited a local coton
field and secured several weeils
which were about ready to
latch. They were taken to his ofIce
for observation under a magniying
glass to determine what efTect,
f any, the recent hot weather had
uid upon them. They were placed
>n a newspaper and left upon a ta>le
while Mr. Murphy went out to
linner.
When he returned scores of little
ilaek ants were devouring the weerils.
He watched the ants with the
lid of his glass until he was thornighly
satisfied that they were realy
devouring the weevils and not
ittacking them by chance. He then
vrote a full report of his discovery
md observations to Dr. Knapp, head
>f the bureau of plant life industry,
jnder whose direction Mr. Murphy
Is working.
Mr. "Murphy has made further observations
of the habits of these ants
ind is confident that in them he has
found an Insect which will destroy
the boll weevil without damaging
the crop.
His explanation of the reason why
the ants have not already exterminated
the weevils is that the ad
vent of the latter into this country
Is of comparatively recent date, and
that since their coming they have
spread and increased much more
rapidly than the ants.
He intends to colonize as many
ants as possible in a cotton field
near Durant next year, and to assist
him in his efforts he has asked
that a government expert be detailed.
If the ants can be successfully
colonized and propagated Mr. Murphy's
discovery will prove of untold
worth to the cotton-growing industry,
and the ants, which are now
regarded as household pests, may
prove a blessing.
LOCK Kit CLUBS TABOOED.
Alabama Passes Stringent Prohibition
l-aw.
Gov. Comer, of Alabama, signed
the Carmichael prohibition law passed
by the Alabama Legislature on
Monday.
Under this act it is unlawful to
sell or store any liquids containing
more than one-half of 1 per cent
alcohol. Locker clubs are illegal
and the possession of a United States
internal revenue license shall be
considered prima facie evidence of
guilt. Truly, Alabama is a dry
State.
The Fuller bill and the Ballard
bill are still pending in the house.
l'hey are more radical than the Carmichael
bill and are designed to aid
In the enforcement of the latter.
The Fuller bill prohibits any sort
:>f liquor advertising and throws
J very safeguard around the law.
The Ballard bill provides for the
Impeachment of officers who fail to
put the law Into effect. Both of
these bills will be passed.
The contest over the bill submitting
to the people in November an
amendment to the constitution ex-luding
liquor from Alabama forever
will come up in the senate later,
[loth sides to the contest claim vicory.
DKAOOKO TO DKATH.
Ratal Accident to n Lancaster County
Farmer.
Mr. A. C. Floe, who lived about
hree miles from the town of Lanaster,
met a horrible death on his
'arm Monday afternoon.
Mr. Floe had finished his day's
vork and was returning to his homo
idlng a m<'le with the gear on when
lie animal l3?ame frightened at a
Kissing negro, riding a bicycle, and
an, throwing Mr. Floe from the
nule and catching him in the traco
hain.
In this condition Mr. Floe was
iragged a considerable distance to
lis home. The mule continued to
Irag the unconscious man through
lis yard, relatives being unable to
top the frightened animal.
Mr. Floe was dead when the mule
ras stopped, his head being crushed
nd his body badly bruised. He
saves a wife and nine children, and
as a good citizen.
"Lumber King" Killed.
George VanDyck, of Lancaster, N.
[., one .of the best known lumber
ten in New England, and his chauf>ur,
Frederick R. Hogdon of North
tratford. Vt., were fatally injured
hen an automobile in which they
ere riding plunged over a 7f>-foot
iff into the Connecticut river at
iverside, opposite Turner Falls, i
ass., Monday. Roth died of their '
juries at the hospital. Mr. Vanyck
was known as the "lumber
ng of New England." I
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Southern States ?
but from
Mecjhln<ery |
P^lunribjljng^:
OOL.U MBI
GIVEN TWO YEARS I
Gi
SEMINOLE AGENT CONVICTED
AND IMPRISONED. _
A
I A^'nts Who Operated in This State
Are Likely to be Prosecuted if
They Can Bo Beached. F
Much interest Is felt over the
State in a special dispatch sent from
Monroe, N. C., to the Charlotte Ob- server
to the effect that T. C. Whed- ^
bee, an ex-agent of tho Seminole
Securities Company was convicted in
Monroe on Saturday of obtaining a
note from W. C. Heath in payment i
of Seminole stock under false pretenses,
and had been sentenced to
two years for the offense.
Tho Columbia Record says so far
no such such criminal proceeding has
been instituted in this State, but
this has not been on account of lack
of evidence, and it is not unlikely
that tho result of the North Carolina
case will inspire a number of
simiLar criminal cases in this Stute.
TheTe are two strong difficulties iu "
the way of BUch a course at present. 1
One Is that practically all of the
agents who operated In this State are
in the West, and will be very difficult
to locate, though there are a few j
still living in South Carolina. '
The other Is that the stockholders 1
organization, which was formed in 1
Columbia a short time after the ~
crash came and which appointed a ?
president and a board of directors,
is practically defunct, the court placing
the practical management of the
company in the hands of receivers.
This organization requested the attorney
general to institute criminal
proceedings.
The receivers, it is understood,
have much valuable information and
evidence on which to base criminal
proceedings, and they would cheerfully
go after the agents and officers
of the concern in this way, o
but they are given no authority to 1
employ council for such work. A
circuit judge was applied to for a t
special order authorizing such a 1
course, but declined to grant the
order, it is stated. c
If ic KnfAlo I-.JI..U i i
?? ,D imiuij unci; uial Iiuiiviauai '
stockholders would feel justified in I '
going to the expense of prosecuting |
he agents, particularly if they had
to employ a det ;ctive to hunt fo:
the alleged criminals-, and it is possible
that another meeting of the
stockholders may be held so as to
raise funds for the prosecution
which could be dine so much more
etcnomically by concentration and
organization.
Following Is the special from
Monroe: "The jury returned a verdlc
of guilty at 6 o'clock this evening
in the case of the State vs. T. C.
Whedbee, charged with false pre \
tense in obtaining a note from Major
W. C. Heath for stock in the Seminole
Security Company. The judge
sentenced Whedbee to two years in
the State's prison. The defendant
took an appeal to the Supreme
Court.
"Thus ended one of the most lm- |
portant cases from a legal standpoint
that has ever been tried in
Union county. The trial of the case consumed
three days. Major Heath
claimed that Whedbee represented to
him that $100,000 in securities had I
been deposited with Insurance Commissioner
Young for the protection
of the stockholders of the company.
The defendant further represented
to Mr. Heath that the company was tl
being organized on a very economiCftl
basis: that c.pn wiio.- T ?
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Mr. \V. A. Clark, of Columbia, the s
promoters of the enterprise, were p
werklng without .salries, paying j,
only $25 oftice rent and buying stationery
from hand to mouth. ty
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KILLED EACH OTHER. >'
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Two Negroes Fight it Out With the ,|
Above Result. rn
News reached Rock Hill Tuesday a
morning of the killing of two negroes,
who were attending religious '*
exercises at a church near Nannie's ?
Mountain, in the northwestern part ,(
of the county. The names cannot be "
obtained yet.
The row is said to have occurred
after the service Wsw? over. One 11
negro walked up to another, and
placing a big revolver against the ?
other's side, shot him through the a
abdomen, piercing many holes in the
; Intestlines. The wounded man
flllJcklv Hpou.- Il"> ?
....... *>wr- |r?riwi'?ny gun
and shot his assailant in the fore- di
head and through the brain before ol
ho could got away. The man shot B
through the head died instnnly. The aj
other was taken to Dr. Campbell's. S<
a short distance away and died there ly
in a short time. A
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Girls who carry bunches of flow- tl<
ers are not in danger of being arrested
for carrying concealed pistils.
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Supply Company
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CLASSIFIED COLUMN
aine IlantaniN?Threa varieties,
also Sebrlght's. Carlisle Cobb,
Athens, Ga.
good worm powder for horses and
mules. Safe and effective. Sent
postpaid on receipt of 25c. T. E.
Wannamaker, Cheraw, 8. C.
ali-vlew House, Clyde, N. C.?Fine
view, good wAter. good table.
Rates $6 and up per week. No
consumptives. Dr. F M. Davis.
t'cddlng Invitations and announce'
ments. Finest quality. Correct
styles. Samples free. James H.
PeLooff, Dept. 6. Grand Rapids,
Mich.
gents Wanted?To sell post cards,
rings, brooches, bracelets, albums,
etc., gi"en for seeling $1.00 worth.
Address Souvenir Post Card Co.,
Morgantown, W. Va. 8-l?J-3t
fork for yourself?Ream how to
make raised letter signs; used
everywhere; big wages made by
anyone. Full Instructions sent
for 2f> cents. Win. Waraock, Beoville,
Texas. Box 328.
'eachers?Write for free booklet,
"A Plan," showing how we help
yon get a better 'position. Thousands
excellent vacancies open,
paying $30 to 3100 monthly^
Schools supplied with t^nohert.
Southern Teachers' Agency, Columbia,
South Carolina.
lake Your Own Will?Without the
aid of a lawyer. You don't need
one. A will Is necessary to protect
your family and relatives. Forms
and hook of Instruction, any State,
one dollars. Send for free literature
telling you all about It. Moffetta'
Will Forms, Dept. 4 0, 89 4
Broadway, Brooklyn, Now York
City.
Announcement.
This being our twenty-fifth year
>f uninterrupted success, we wish It
o be our "Bnnner year."
Our thousands of satisfied cuscmera,
and fair dealing. Is brlngDg
US new Wltlnmoro 11 --
If you are contemplating the purchase
of a piano or organ, write us
it once for catalogues, and for our
ipeclal proposition.
MAIjONE'S Mt'SIC IIOIIKR,
Columbia, S. C.
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Cotton 11
Mill Apply
q Fulton flag and
T~T?*1t> W Cotton Mills.
IlCip pj Atlanta, Ga.
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Brltlnff, Picking. Lacing.
LOMBARD COMPANY . AUGUSTA, GA.
lit) A It KIIXS TIIItEE HORSES,
tips a Man's Who Trt'd to Help
the Animals.
A boar, maddened by the hont,
ecently ran wild on a West Middleown
farm and seriously wounded
ne man and killed three valuable
orses before being shot to death
ays a dispatch from Washlngto .
'a., to the Philadelphia North Amer^an.
The animal, which was owned by
i. K. Rush, broke out of its pen
nd attacked a pony in the barn
ard. Before the poney could esape
the hop; had gored it to death
rith its tusks. The boar then broke
hrongh a fence into a nearby field
nd attacked a team of horses. Corerlng
the animals, the boar sprang
t them nnd dismembered them.
A number of men had gathered
y this time, and I. B. Smith, who
wned the driving team, undertook
) drive the boar away. Leaving
le mangled bodies of the horses,
ie boar turned on Smith and riped
open 0110 leg from ankle to
ilgh.
The tyog was phot as It stood
ver Smith preparing to attack him
second time.
Sentence*! to Hang.
Willard Webb, a negro, was a few
iys ago convicted at. Marietta, Oa..
! criminal assault upon Mrs. Exv
rown, at Vlnlngs, several weeks
?o, and was sentenrod to hang
^pteniber 17. To prevent a possible
nching, the negro was rushed to
tlanta on a train and there he will
main until the day of the execur>n.
Next to investment t\>.e wild? >t
imbler is speculation.
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a Shingle Mill.
<1 powtr feed shingle mill on the mac000
to 16,000 shingles per day, 4 to 1011. P.;
Carriage has automatic return motion.
>TGOODS ?BEST PRICES"
c us for close price quotations.
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